President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a rare show of disunity Monday over the fate of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.
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President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a rare show of disunity Monday over the fate of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.
President Biden on Monday threatened to “end” the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an $11 billion natural gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany, if Moscow invades Ukraine.
In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden emerged from a meeting with Germany's new leader Monday vowing the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline would be blocked if Russia further invades Ukraine. Russia's Vladimir Putin said the U.S.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz didn't explicitly say whether Germany would terminate the pipeline being built to send gas from Russia to Europe, via Germany.
US President Joe Biden has said there is no chance of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project going ahead if Russia invades. The issue has been a bone of contention between Washington and Berlin.
By Ivana Kottasová and Charles Riley, CNN Business President Joe Biden said Monday that natural gas will not flow through Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany if Moscow orders an invasion of Ukraine.
"If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2," Biden said, without offering specifics.
Western allies should not describe the acts of Russian military aggression against Ukraine that would “trigger” trans-Atlantic penalties, according to a senior British official who cautioned against focusing overmuch on Russian tanks.
President Joe Biden issued a threat for the Nord Stream natural gas project if Russia were to invade Ukraine, although he did not elaborate on how such a move would be made
In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden met with Germany's new leader Monday and vowed the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline will be blocked if Russia further invades Ukraine. Russia's Vladimir Putin retorted that the U.S.
The United States and Germany announced their "united approach" to deterring further Russian aggression against Ukraine, with President Biden warning that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will not be operational if Russia follows through with an invasion of Ukraine.
Scrapping the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline—which runs between Russia and Germany—would deprive Russia of tens of billions of dollars in natural gas revenue.
